Carcinoembryonic antigen levels correlated with advanced disease in medullary thyroid cancer
Abstract Background Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) cells are capable of secreting various tumor markers including calcitonin and carcinoembyronic antigen (CEA). The purpose of this study is to determine whether abnormal CEA levels may be used as a tumor marker to predict the severity of disease in M...
Main Authors: | Sena Turkdogan, Véronique-Isabelle Forest, Michael P. Hier, Michael Tamilia, Anca Florea, Richard J. Payne |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40463-018-0303-x |
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